Services
Our dynamic multi-disciplinary team, Physical Therapy, Speech Therapy, and Occupational Therapy, is dedicated to providing quality therapy services in a family-oriented facility. All therapies include in-depth evaluations and individual treatment plans. Functional goals and outcomes are determined. Increased independence and quality of life is our ultimate goal for all those we serve. Kenai Kids Therapy treatment rooms and innovative equipment is designed to create fun activities for the client, yet the therapists are actually drawing upon extensive training and skill to provide challenging therapeutic activities aimed at developing greater capabilities and skill levels.
Physical Therapy
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At KKT our physical therapists assist infants, children, and youth of all ages develop movement skills, such as rolling, crawling, sitting, moving between positions, standing, climbing, jumping, walking, catching a ball or riding a tricycle. Our physical therapists work with each client on individualized activities designed to help them grow stronger and more independent. When you peek into a typical therapy session, it may look like playtime, and in a sense, it is. Your child may be throwing a ball, balancing on a beam or seeing how far they can jump; all in the name of improving motor function. Our physical therapists have a strong background in Neuro-Developmental Treatment and Sensory Integration to optimize your child’s motor and sensory development. Even if your child does not have a broken leg or a labeled medical diagnosis, your child may benefit from physical therapy for a little extra help with movement. Our therapists serve as coaches who will teach techniques to both you and your child that can be used in your child’s daily routine.
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At KKT our physical therapists also specialize in treatment of athletic and sports related injuries in a fun and friendly environment for school aged children and teenagers and developmental orthopedic conditions for infants, school aged children, and teenagers.
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Pediatric Sports and Athletic Orthopedic Injuries
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Pediatric Develpmental Orthopedic Conditions
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Speech Therapy
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At KKT our speech and language pathologists serve children ranging from infants to teenagers. They provide support to children in the areas of using and understanding language, speaking clearly, pre-literacy skills, feeding issues and social communication skills. Our speech therapists tailor therapy techniques to the needs of each child. They provide expertise in the areas of articulation therapy, phonological remediation, sign language, picture communication, augmentative communication, oral motor stimulation, sensory integration and social communication training. Our speech therapists will work together with you the parent to help your children reach their potential as communicators in a social world.
Occupational Therapy
At KKT our occupational therapists are trained to assist people of all ages to perform the functional tasks that normally occupy their lives. The occupation of childhood is to develop the skills necessary to become functional and independent adults. Play is the media most often used in the treatment of children. It is highly motivating and a natural media used by all children. Education and involvement of the family is usually a primary consideration and may be critical to success. Occupational therapists evaluate a child’s trunk and upper extremity functions, fine motor and sensory motor skills, visual perception, social and emotional, and daily living skills. They assess and provide positioning and help your child deal with their environment and function more fully.
Sensory Integration
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We all take in information through our senses to be filtered, organized and interpreted. Then we are able to respond adaptively and appropriately.
If a child has difficulties with sensory integration, problems may result such as:
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At KKT our physical therapists, speech therapists and occupational therapists have training and experience in sensory integration theory and techniques. Sensory processing impairments affect all areas of childhood development. At Kenai Kids Therapy our therapists use a multi-disciplinary approach to working with each child affected by sensory processing disorders.
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Hippotherapy Equine Movement
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Kenai Kids Therapy offers the unique opportunity for children and youth to experience equine movement to assist meeting functional goals established between parents and their physical therapist and occupational therapist. Every Friday KKT therapists join with many of our kiddos at Lucky Horse Ranch, Inc. in Soldotna, Alaska to incorporate the advantageous and powerful impact of equine movement to improve the child's sensory and motor performance.
A special big thanks to Lucky Horse Ranch, Inc. and all the amazing volunteer horse handlers and side walkers! We could not do this without all of you helping us to help the children. |
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